The meaning of the term ‘bitcoin’ may still be a mystery to many people and as society moves toward a progressively more cyber-focused age, Trent University chancellor, alumnus and award-winning author Dr. Don Tapscott ‘66 hopes to define and explain the game-changing concept in his upcoming Chancellor Lecture series talk at Trent University Durham – Greater Toronto Area on Tuesday, November 22, beginning at 7 p.m. 

In his new best-selling book, (co-authored with his son, Alex Tapscott) Blockchain Revolution, How the Technology Behind the Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World, Dr. Tapscott is the first to thoroughly explain why blockchain technology – an open, distributed, global platform – will fundamentally transform the way we move, store and manage value online.

“Hosting Dr. Tapscott at our campus is an extraordinary privilege,” noted Joe Muldoon, head of Trent University Durham. “As a global trailblazer in media, innovation, and the economic and social impact of technology, our students and the wider Trent community will most certainly benefit from his thought-provoking lecture. He is a remarkable intellectual and we’re looking forward to welcoming him back to Trent.

The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception beginning at 6:30 p.m. will start the evening; Dr. Tapcott’s lecture will begin at 7 p.m., followed by books sales and signings by Dr. Tapscott. Guests are also encouraged to bring a business card to be entered in a draw to win a free copy of Blockchain Revolution.

About Don Tapscott 
Recognized as one of the world’s leading authorities on innovation, media, and the economic and social impact of technology, Dr. Don Tapscott has been an advisor to business and government leaders and has introduced ground-breaking concepts that are part of our understanding of a rapidly changing world.  A graduate of Psychology and Statistics at Trent University and a recipient of an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 2006, and in 2014 he was ranked the 4^th most influential management thinker alive by Thinkers50. In 2015, he was named to the Order of Canada.
Dr. Tapscott is CEO of Toronto-based think tank The Tapscott Group, and was previously founder and chairman of New Paradigm.  He is vice-chair of Spencer Trask Collaborative Innovations, a new company building a portfolio of companies in the collaboration and social media space.  With a Master’s degree in Education from the University of Alberta, he is also an adjunct professor at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and the inaugural fellow of the school’s Martin Prosperity Institute where he is currently leading a large investigation of new models of global problem solving, cooperation and governance.  Dr. Tapscott is the author and co-author of 15 widely-read books about information technology in business and society, including: Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything; Macrowikinomics: New Solutions for a Connected Planet; and Growing Up Digital.  He has given more than 1500 keynote speeches and presentations to many of the most important audiences in the world, including being invited to speak to world leaders by the World Economic Forum in Davos many times.  Dr. Don Tapscott’s term as Trent’s eleventh chancellor began on July 1, 2013.